Architecture reference

Full package-naming and Synology-platform-code matrix. If you just want the short version, see Which package do I need? in the main README - this page is for edge cases and reference lookups.

Finding your platform code

Package Center filters visible packages by your device’s platform code automatically - you normally don’t need to look this up yourself, it’s only useful if a package doesn’t show up as installable and you want to understand why. Check the Package Arch column on Synology’s own What kind of CPU does my Synology NAS have? page.

Package naming

DSM firmware	Package prefix	Example
DSM 7.0-40000 and newer	AirConnect-dsm7-	AirConnect-dsm7-x86_64-1.11.3-20260917.spk
DSM 6.0-7321 and newer (x86_64 only)	AirConnect- (legacy line, see below)	AirConnect-x86_64-0.2.50.5-20260917.spk
DSM 5.0-4458 and newer (all other legacy platforms)	AirConnect- (legacy line, see below)	AirConnect-arm-0.2.50.5-20260917.spk

If the x86 (32-bit) package doesn’t work on your device, use x86_64 (64-bit) instead.

Architecture groups (DSM 7)

Ground truth, read directly from src/dsm7/Makefile’s INFO_ARCH per target - this is exactly what each package declares as compatible in Package Center, not a hand-maintained copy that can drift.

Architecture group	Synology platform codes	Package
ARMv5	88f6282, 88f6281, 88f628x	AirConnect-dsm7-armv5-${VERSION}
ARMv7	ipq806x, armada370, armadaxp, armada375, armada38x, alpine, alpine4k, monaco, comcerto2k, hi3535, dakota, northstarplus, hawkeye	AirConnect-dsm7-arm-${VERSION}
ARMv8 / AArch64	rtd1296, rtd1619b, armada37xx, cypress	AirConnect-dsm7-aarch64-${VERSION}
PowerPC	qoriq, ppc853x	AirConnect-dsm7-powerpc-${VERSION}
Intel/AMD 32-bit	x86, cedarview, bromolow, evansport, braswell, broadwell, dockerx64, kvmx64, denverton, grantley, broadwellnk, broadwellntbap	AirConnect-dsm7-x86-${VERSION}
Intel/AMD 64-bit	x86_64, x64, cedarview, bromolow, avoton, braswell, broadwell, apollolake, dockerx64, epyc7002, r1000, r1000nk, kvmx64, denverton, grantley, broadwellnk, broadwellnkv2, broadwellntbap, v1000, v1000nk, geminilake, geminilakenk, purley	AirConnect-dsm7-x86_64-${VERSION}

Every group above also has a -static variant with the identical platform list - see Static packages for when to use it. hawkeye/cypress are Synology router (SRM) platforms; the rest are NAS.

Cross-checked 2026-09-17 against SynoCommunity’s actively-maintained spksrc architecture reference, which surfaced real drift from three years of no re-verification: several current- generation models - DS925+/DS1525+/DS1825+/RS2825RP+/RS2423RP+ (v1000nk), DS725+ (r1000nk), DS425+/DS225+/FS200T (geminilakenk) - and the routers WRX560 (hawkeye) and RT6600ax (cypress) were missing entirely, and an armv6 package (removed, see below) turned out to correspond to no real Synology hardware. See issue #222 for the full before/after. Worth periodically re-checking against that same source as Synology ships new models.

A separate armv6 package existed up to and including release 1.11.3-20260917 and has since been removed. It wasn’t a packaging mistake - upstream AirConnect genuinely ships a distinct armv6 binary, added in AirConnect 1.0.9 (2022) - but neither Synology’s own documentation nor SynoCommunity’s platform reference lists a single Synology device as ARMv6; Synology’s Kirkwood devices are ARMv5. The armv6 package declared the same platform codes as armv5 purely for lack of a better option, offering an ARMv6-compiled binary to ARMv5TE hardware with no verified guarantee it would even run correctly there. If you were relying on the armv6 package specifically (not just installed on a Kirkwood device via armv5), please open an issue.

Synology Router (SRM)

Most routers running Synology SRM use the ARMv7 package (AirConnect-dsm7-arm-${VERSION}, covers northstarplus/ipq806x/dakota and the WRX560’s hawkeye). If that doesn’t work, try arm-static. The RT6600ax’s cypress platform is ARMv8 instead - use the aarch64 package for that one.

The packages are named dsm7-*, but the same package works on SRM as well as DSM 7 - confirmed on a real router (RT2600ac, SRM 1.3.2-9366 Update 2), install through to a running airupnp/aircast. Not independently re-confirmed on a second router model, so treat this as “works on the tested unit,” not a blanket guarantee across every SRM device and patch level.

Check the pre-filled IP during install if your router has a VPN, mesh, or other non-LAN default route. The installer wizard’s “IP of your Synology device” field is auto-detected from your router’s default route, which on such setups may not be your LAN address (e.g. a Tailscale/VPN interface’s IP instead). If AirConnect isn’t reachable after install, check the IP in airconnect.conf and correct it to your router’s actual LAN IP if needed - the field is editable during install, or you can edit airconnect.conf afterward and restart the package.

Static packages

Some older devices are missing shared libraries that airupnp/aircast need. Static packages bundle those dependencies directly into the binary instead of relying on what’s already on the device - that’s also why they’re bigger.

Use the normal (non-static) package first. Only fall back to the static variant if the normal one fails to start.

Older DSM 5/6 devices

DSM 5/6 support lives in a separate, frozen package line (src/dsm, no dsm7- prefix) - it stopped receiving new AirConnect versions once DSM 7 became the primary target, and is pinned to AirConnect 0.2.50.5. It still gets packaging-level fixes (lifecycle script bugs, permissions), just not upstream feature/version bumps. Use the 0.2.50.5-20210706 release, or a newer date-suffixed rebuild if one exists on the releases page.

On DSM 5 and some DSM 6 devices, this isn’t an official Synology package, so you may need to allow packages from any publisher: Settings → set Trust Level to “Any publisher”. Change it back to “Synology Inc.” afterward for security.

If your device is old enough that even this frozen line won’t run (see Troubleshooting for the “kernel too old” symptom), there currently isn’t a newer fallback - open an issue with your device model and DSM version.